OSTROG

OSTROG I:     US Commission No. UA17130101
Alternate name: Ostraha (Yiddish), Ostre (Polish) and Ostra (Ukraine). Ostrog is located in Rovensky at 50°20 26°31, 38km from Rovno and 320km from Kiev. The cemetery is located at Papanina St. Present town population is 5,001-25,000 with 11-100 Jews.

• Town officials: Grishchuk Nikolay Vladimirovich, Revkomovskaya st., 4 (03622)22660. Krivonosa St., 25 (03622)22067.
  
• Regional: Oblispolkom of Sovetskaya pl., 1 [Phone: (03622)95205].
  
• Jewish Community, Nezavisimosti St. 49 - Arshinov Iosif Grogorievich. USA: New-Skvira and Rav Leyb Sukris.
  

     The earliest known Jewish community was 14th century. 1939 Jewish population was 7991. Effecting Jewish Community were Khmelnitskiy Pogroms and Civil War. Living here was Samuil-Elizer ben Ieguda Eidels Komentator of Talmud. A Tzadakkim or noteworthy Jew buried in the cemetery is Samuil-Elizer ben Ieguda Eidels Komentator of Talmud. The last known Jewish burial was 1940. No other towns or villages used this unlandmarked Hasidic cemetery. The isolated urban hillside has no sign or marker. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all. A continuous fence with no gate surrounds. 1 to 20 common tombstones, none in original location with more than 75% toppled or broken, date in the 19th century. The cemetery contains no known mass graves. Municipality owns property used for recreation (park, playground, and sports). Properties adjacent are residential. The cemetery boundaries are unchanged since 1939. Occasionally, organized Jewish tours or pilgrimage groups, organized individual tours, and private Jewish or non-Jewish visitors stop. The cemetery was not vandalized in the last ten years. Occasionally, individuals clean or clear. Within the limits of the cemetery are no structures. Very serious threat: vegetation. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access, vandalism and existing nearby development.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of Lutsk, Pr.Grushevskogo St.18, apt.38 [Phone: (03322)34775] visited site and completed survey on 11/21/94. Interviewed was Arshinov I.G. of Nezavisimosti, 49 on 11/21/94.
OSTROG II:     US Commission No. UA17130501
     The mass grave is located at Old "Novoe mestechko", Vyshinskogo St., 100 m from road to Khmelwater. Living here were Pesa Einshtein, Marshu-religious leader, Rav Ginzburgom, Abraham Komendantom and Haim Davidzon, Yakov Gurevich, and Yakov Kaplan. The Jewish mass grave was dug in 1941. A Tzadakkim or noteworthy Jew buried in the mass grave is Samuil- Elizer ben Ieguda Eidels. The last known Hasidic burial was 1941. No other towns or villages' Jews were murdered in this unlandmarked mass grave. The isolated suburban wooded flat land has signs or plaques in local language mentioning the Holocaust. Reached by turning directly off a private road, access is open to all. A broken fence with no gate surrounds the mass grave. There are 1 to 20 common tombstones, none toppled or broken, date from 1941. No stones were removed. The site contains marked mass graves. Municipality owns site used for mass burial site. Properties adjacent are residential. Occasionally, organized Jewish tours or pilgrimage groups, organized individual tours, Jewish or non-Jewish private visitors and local residents visit. The mass grave was not vandalized in the last ten years. Jewish individuals within country did re-erection of stones in 1992. Now, occasionally authorities clean or clear. Within the limits of the mass grave are no structures. Moderate threat: uncontrolled access and vandalism. Slight threat: pollution and vegetation.
     Kirzhner Moisey Davidovich of Lutsk, Pr.Grushevskogo St.18, apt.38 [Phone: (03322)34775] visited site and completed survey on 11/21/94. Interviewed was Arshinov I.G. of Nezavisimosti 49 on 11/21/94.